HATCH ENTERPRISE
Registered charity 1161801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ONE PLANET VENTURES
We provide community-based entrepreneurship programmes to emerging entrepreneurs, through an eco-system of support that includes the provision of knowledge, mentorship and workspace. We help entrepreneurs develop the spirit needed to access meaningful self-employment opportunities including starting or growing a business or social enterprise.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £957,348, an increase from the prior year, with unrestricted reserves at £124,729. The trustees consider the results to show a positive financial position and believe the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. However, the charity acknowledges that its low level of unrestricted reserves limits flexibility to respond to unexpected costs or income shortfalls.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £125k)
“As per our reserves policy, we should hold 3 months operating costs in reserve equivalent to £350,000.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management fees paid to related parties for grant administration
“During the year, a £5,000 (2024: £nil) management fee was paid to Girl Dreamer Ltd, and £6,512 (2024:£3,326) to Groundwork UK for administering these grants on behalf of Hatch.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hatch Enterprise (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Rebekah Sun — Chief Executive (source)
- Shelagh Paterson — Fundraising & Engagement Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- CAF Venturesome — “New initiatives created as a result include the Social Impact Business Programme from CAF Venturesome and Hatch...” (source page)
- Funding Circle — “[PRESS RELEASE] Funding Circle and Linklaters Partner With Hatch Enterprise to Launch a New Business Support Programme for Disabled Founders” (source page)
- Linklaters — “[PRESS RELEASE] Funding Circle and Linklaters Partner With Hatch Enterprise to Launch a New Business Support Programme for Disabled Founders” (source page)
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- KHATWANI, Bina — director, appointed 17/06/2026on trustee list
- LEIGH, Mark Richard — director, appointed 21/05/2025on trustee list
- ROACH, Joanna Tracey — director, appointed 20/11/2024on trustee list
- MANUNGO, Kudzai Tapiwa Munyaradzi — director, appointed 20/11/2024on trustee list
- GRIMES, Alicia Frances — director, appointed 20/11/2024on trustee list
- SINHA, Anne-Helene — director, appointed 03/03/2021on trustee list
- SCHREIBER, Thomas Michael — director, appointed 14/08/2020on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£290k
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (07/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Mark Richard Leighchair
- Alicia Frances Grimes
- Anne-Helene Sinha
- Bina Khatwani · trustee of 1 other charity
- Joanna Tracey Roach
- Kudzai Tapiwa Munyaradzi Manungo
- Thomas Michael Schreiber
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HATCH ENTERPRISE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £957,348, an increase from the prior year, with unrestricted reserves at £124,729. The trustees consider the results to show a positive financial position and believe the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. However, the charity acknowledges that its low level of unrestricted reserves limits flexibility to respond to unexpected costs or income shortfalls. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Who funds HATCH ENTERPRISE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HATCH ENTERPRISE as a grant recipient include UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE ASTOR FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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